By Ruben Castaneda and James Hohmann
The Washington Post
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. — Prince George’s County officials assured Latino leaders yesterday that police will fully investigate Saturday’s fatal shooting of a Langley Park man by a county police officer, as two witnesses said the off-duty officer beat the unarmed man with a baton before firing a bullet into his torso.
The eyewitness statements contradict earlier accounts provided by police. Initially, police said that Manuel de Jesus Espina reached for Officer Steven Jackson’s gun. On Sunday, a media statement said that Jackson feared for his life when Espina, 43, tried to grab the baton. Jackson used pepper spray before shooting Espina, according to the statement.
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